There’s always writing to be done
I am not sure WHAT counts as “good” writing, but i feel that when i set a goal for myself to get some “serious” writing done for the evening that it usually happens and it usually turns out to be what i would consider good.
I said earlier that i was going to get some “good” writing done this evening but then i ended up listening to Pandora, making a little “hub” or whatever the fuck on tomskee.org (bc i own the URL for another year, wanted to use it), and quitting Twitter.
Good writing can still happen, but there are no guarantees.
Anyway, be back in a bit
Ok, so
I hate the Internet. Everyone knows this. I would like to be a Luddite living in some off-grid cabin in the woods, making veggies in a cooking pot grilled over a fireplace w/ no electricity. I would like a life like this, but i will settle for quitting Twitter.
All other social media (& even Google) got the boot in the past few weeks. And now i have blocked ALL my followers except for 18 of them (bc I think they’re kinda cool (+ some i know IRL)) and i am following...some people. Idk who. Idc.
The point is, these blog posts will continue to go through to twitter, but i am not going to be checking the social network. Ever. And i am not going to follow more people. I have far better things to do w/ my time + really great projects i can work on.
Life is good, it really is.
So, stay tuned here. And if you need to reach out; the e-mail link is at the bottom of oleary.io
Deuces
Be back in a bit
Coffee time after a napskee
Two-hour nap isn’t too ad in the early-evening hours, i suppose. Now i am making coffee to wake myself tf up again.
I am also thinking abt how i hate these pants as a 34 length size bc they were chinos and there is this...elasticity to them that makes then thinner where they were severed. So they don’t look totally right, imo. They will be awesome s shorts, though. I will take care of that tonight, i think.
Also, i got grocery shopping this Friday. Will be awesome. Got more than enough food until then. Out fo smokes though. Out of nicotine period. Sucks.
Be back in a bit
writing projects
i like having them. so, without distracting myself from the writing project at hand (Littered Thoughts), i am trying to think of what the NEXT writing project will be. as of right now i have no clue what this thing will be.
#coffeetime again as i decided whether or not i want to start a new book tonight
I really wanna start “On War” by Carl von Clausewitz, BUT, i have made a commitment to myself to not get distracted from the v important task of getting my e-book published & distributed, etc. starting the 1st week of May. I know that anything that pulls me away from that will be....doing just that, distracting me. So fuck that.
I OWN “On War”, anyway. So i can read the bad boy wheneverthefuck i want. Haha.
But i am going to make a trip to SLCL tomorrow & donate several books that i have no use for anymore.
I covered all this on twitter but i wanted it in a blog post.
Happy days
Be back in a bit!
All quiet on the western front
There was a domestic dispute here a little while ago (that lasted a couple hours) & i believe the police came here to break it up. It is over (as far as i can tell) & i hope everyone is OK. ‘Twas loud.
On another note: i am broke as hell again. LOL! I have all the food i could possibly want (thank Dog), but money i have none of. #ohwell
Soon i will get paid & then all-possible book stuff happens. That will be p exciting. I am looking forward to it.
Speaking of the book, everything that needs be done is done fo the time being. Cover art: CHECK! Copyright info in the beginning of the text: CHECK! Converted to .ePub file: CHECK! Uploaded file to behind a paywall: CHECK! Linked to file from Littered Thoughts site: CHECK! So i am done for now.
P.S. i hear them taking away the guy who was yelling. He is crying and blurbing, but i hope he is OK. I shouldn’t be writing about it. That is all i will say about the situation.
Anyway, be back in a bit
Cleaned up the apt a bit just now. Looking better but the itches def needs a good once-over. Just housekeeping today. No big news (yet anyway). Definitely going to enjoy the day bc it is going to be 72 & sunny. #dope
Fiverr app: INSTALLED!
Makes my life a hell of a lot easier (i will not always be tethered to the RPi & i will always have access to the iPhone, so, i will not be tether-dependent. Haha.
Speaking of which, i have to get on the Cricket Wireless app and order the mobile hotspot feature ASAP bc i will need that....always. Fuck this SIM card switching rig that i have to do everyday.
I have to:
Not a hell of a lot to do today. More concerned with the 1st week o’May. Been saying that a lot but it is all i have been working on for 2+ weeks! Enjoying the hell out of it, too!
May unfollow some folks on Twitter later. I like the ppl i follow, but there is some “filler” in there, for sure. (Shitty thing to say abt actual people but i am referring to dumb fucking brands, of course.)
Fiverr is gonna be my best friend in May. Gonna use it quite a bit, i think.
Anyway, be back in a bit!
priorities for the day...
.....i haven't set them yet. I know i have to get the Copyright bullshit in the e-book (which i tried like fuck to do for two hours yesterday and failed miserably). The problem isn't inserting the Copyright info, per se. The problem is re-converting the e-book file from .rtf OR .pdf into an ePub WITH THE COVER ART INCLUDED! Conversion is just fine, but getting the artwork on there is something i was able to do the first time by chance on a service i found linked from some rando forum after who knows how much searching. The chances of me finding that service again are slim to none and i always delete my Web history, so, there's that. #fuck
i am going to try to get this thing together bc the cover art is very important (to me). The Copyright info is more important, though. If all else fails, i will have to go forward with the early May launch regardless of having the cover art attached to the ePub file. Gotta keep going.
Also, i joined Fiverr and see a lot of folks on there offering their press release (PR) services for $5-$20. I will hit up several of them (& even tip!) when everything is ready. So all is really all & good.
i gotta d/l the Fiverr app to iOS (i didn't know there was one) & i would like to d/l a GoDaddy app for iOS but i don't think one exists. At least not from a simple App Store search. IDGAF, the Website works just fine.
Now i am just babbling out loud.
Be back in a bit!
I am not sure where any of this is going...
...when i was earning my certificate, the question was: WHY am i doing this? Answer being, no answer. I wanted the certificate (sense of accomplishment) and i wanted to possibly have a little something-something to put on my resume in terms of possibly getting freelance writing gigs. So there’s that.
But now i am plagued wit the question of: WHERE am i going with this? As far as the e-book is concerned, i am doing all this & there is a money element attached to it, and as soon as you attach money to something, i become disinterested. I don’t give a fuck about money. I have money. I can release the e-book for free, but, isn’t one of the reasons people write books is to profit off of them? What is the best i can hope for? A good review? Multiple good reviews? Which translate roughly as “Likes” on an Insta feed. When it gets published, i am only asking $5 per copy. $3 ko-fi tip is totally optional.
So....
I don’t know. Just writing out loud.